World Series champion Teixeira wins US House seat as former NFL reporter Tafoya’s Senate bid fails
Summary
Former World Series champion Mark Teixeira won Texas’s 21st Congressional District seat, leading Democrat Kristin Hook with 54.5% of the vote after 99% of ballots were counted. In Minnesota, Democrat Peggy Flanagan defeated Republican Michele Tafoya for the U.S. Senate, while Republican Tommy Tuberville won Alabama’s governor’s race.Key Facts
- Teixeira’s district has been represented by Republicans since 1979; its previous representative, Chip Roy, did not seek reelection.
- Donald Trump and Texas Governor Greg Abbott endorsed Teixeira.
- Teixeira played for the Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Angels and New York Yankees, and helped the Yankees win the 2009 World Series.
- Flanagan, Minnesota’s Democratic lieutenant governor, became the first Native American woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
- Minnesota has not elected a Republican to the U.S. Senate since 2002.
- Tafoya ran as a Republican and lost to Flanagan.
- Former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville won Alabama’s governor’s race.
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